Chapter 18: Training to Suppress Bandits (Part II)
"Fire attack is a good way, but how can we get on it?" He Kui thought of the soldiers who rushed forward a little distressed, and asked everyone.
All the generals also frowned in thought.
"Night raid?" A hundred households said.
"No, it's just that small road, you will be found if you can't get close to the walled gate, and there is a cliff next to it, it's too dangerous!" A hundred households next to him immediately retorted.
"Is it okay to use a rock-throwing tool? Let's continue the attack tomorrow, advance the stone thrower to fifty steps away from the walled gate, and immediately cast rockets after throwing the fire pot, as long as we burn the walled gate, we will succeed! Geng Jingzhong's vision is still much higher than that of the ancients, and he immediately thought of stone throwers.
"Agreed!" "Agreed!" "Agreed!" The surrounding generals thought it was a good idea and agreed with it.
"Alright, that's it, and continue the offensive tomorrow morning."
The night passed so quietly, and both sides had no scruples to take the night attack. As soon as the day dawned, Geng Jingzhong led his soldiers to the cottage again to prepare for the attack.
"Shizi, why do I have to take the lead, I am ashamed!" When he got closer, He Kui immediately took the initiative to ask for help again.
"Hey, Lao He, you rest, you took the lead yesterday, and today it's our turn to be in the camp! Shizi, the last general Hao Qingshan asks to attack! ”
"Lao Hao, this is not right, this method was still thought up by hundreds of households in my firearms camp, and we should be on it! Shizi, my firearms battalion is willing to take the lead! "Tang Zhi, the leader of the firearms battalion, is not far behind.
Only Wu Shiwei, the leader of the green battalion, did not make a sound. But judging from the expression, I am also eager to try!
Geng Jingzhong looked at his generals with high morale and was very happy. opened his mouth and roared: "Wu Shiwei! ”
"The last general!" Wu Shiwei immediately took a step forward!
"Lead your subordinates to attack me, and be sure to destroy these two gates for me!"
"The last general commands!" After speaking, he turned his head and walked away, and shouted at the same time: "The Green Battalion Army is ready!" ”
The 300 sergeants of the Green Battalion slowly stepped forward, holding large shields in front to cover their comrades behind them, and some of them carried two small stone throwers and fire pots slowly upward.
"The dog officers and soldiers are here, go and report to the big boss! Brethren, prepare! A small leader of the bandits immediately shouted loudly when he saw the officers and soldiers pressing up.
"Quick, while the Drill Mountain Leopard hasn't appeared yet, hurry up, each of them commands!"
The soldiers of the Green Battalion moved forward quickly, braving the rain of arrows and steadily advancing to fifty paces away from the first gate, "Put down the stone thrower, quickly, throw the fire oil!" ”。
The soldiers immediately got ready and began to throw fire pots, only to hear the sound of "bang, bang", and the first gate began to burn violently, and the thieves who lived on it fell screaming, and more thieves kept slapping the flames on their bodies. After a while, the entire walled gate was burned, and when the drill mountain leopard arrived, the first walled gate was already hopeless, so he had to retreat to the second walled gate.
"Good!" Geng Jingzhong watched the first gate of the village being successfully destroyed in the rear, and applauded! At the same time, he ordered: "The firearms battalion followed them and slowly pressed on." ”
Above, the first gate was still burning violently, and the leopard looked at the raging flames.
"What should I do, if it goes on like this, the second gate will not be able to stop the dog officers and soldiers!"
"Yes, the second master, you have the best brain, think of a way!"
Hundreds of bandits gathered on the mountain, their morale was low, and they had no previous ferocity.
"Bring all the people in the stockade who have been captured up the mountain here as hostages, and if the dog officers and soldiers continue to attack, they will be threatened with hostages!" Hmph, the sons of the Fuzhou Wang family and the Gu family are still in our hands, I don't believe that the dog officers and soldiers dare to ignore their lives and deaths! The Diamond Mountain Leopard looked fierce at this time, and the ghost-faced scholar glanced at him in surprise, this Diamond Mountain Leopard usually looks like a big grin and no scheming, but it is all fake, and the hiding is really deep enough!
Wang and Gu are all big families in the city of Fuzhou, inherited for hundreds of years, Fuzhou nearby prefectures, counties at all levels of officials have their family people, huge influence, when the Qing soldiers entered Fujian, did not live and die with Fujian but acted as the vanguard of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, helping the Qing court to pacify the place. As a result, their power has swelled. It is also unlucky, several sons of the family traveled together to play in the mountains and rivers, along the way along the Minjiang River, spending money like dirt, but they didn't want to be targeted by Lianyun Mountain bandits and robbed the cottage. As soon as the people sent by the cottage to deliver the letter and ask for silver left, Geng Jingzhong brought someone to call. Presumably at this time, the Wang and Gu families should be in a hurry, especially the Gu family, this son is the only son of the current head of the Gu family.
In the past half an hour, the first walled gate was finally burned down, and Wu Shiwei immediately led the green battalion soldiers to continue pressing, preparing to draw a scoop according to the gourd and destroy the second walled gate.
"Listen to the officers and soldiers below, the big boss said, if you continue to attack, we will tear up all the meat tickets that were robbed of the mountain. The son-in-law of the Fuzhou Wang family and the Gu family is also in our hands, you can watch it! A bandit on the wall shouted loudly to the attacking officers and soldiers.
Wu Shiwei looked up, and sure enough, many people who had been looted up the mountain were pressed against the wall, and a group of people were men and women, crying and crying.
"Wu Guandao, what should I do, do you still attack?" The soldiers were furious, and the bandits used such tactics against them.
"Stop, you, go and report to the son, and the son will decide." Wu Shiwei pointed to a soldier and told him to quickly go down and report.
The soldier quickly ran down the hill and came to Geng Jingzhong.
"Report~, report to the son, the bandits on the mountain brought dozens of people in front of the second gate, saying that if we continue to attack, they will kill these people."
"What, go up and have a look." Geng Jingzhong was very angry when he heard this, when he was making a movie, he also came to this set with himself, and this is the first time that he has suppressed so many bandits!
The other soldiers were collectively angry, and if they hadn't scrupulously abided by military discipline and not moved around, they would have rushed forward long ago. Several generals immediately followed Geng Jingzhong's footsteps and came not far from the second gate. Sure enough, the thieves were still shouting and scolding the people next to them.
"Listen to the officers and soldiers below, the big boss said, you must retreat within a stick of incense, otherwise you will kill the two sons of the Wang family and the Gu family. Everyone should not interfere with the river water, otherwise you will not be able to explain to the Wang family and the Gu family! ”
"Damn, confess a fart, son, the last general asks to lead troops to attack!" Hao Qingshan was really angry when he saw that this bandit was so arrogant, and immediately asked for help.
"it, I didn't see so many people up there! The purpose of our bandits is to stabilize the place and save the people, and if you attack them, will they still have their lives? Geng Jingzhong was also very angry, and when he heard Hao Qingshan's words, he turned around and scolded: "Use your brains more, you will know how to attack!" It seems that these bandits don't know where we came from, and think where we are stationed in the green camp! ”
"Listen to the people above, hurry up and release all the people, go down the mountain and ask for a life, otherwise the army will break through the cottage and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" Geng Jingzhong stepped forward and shouted loudly at the bandits above.
When the leopard above heard the shouting, he laughed, and the officers and soldiers did not attack, indicating that they were afraid of killing people, so it would be easy to do. So he came to Wang and Gu with a sneer: "Two sons, we are just asking for money, and we don't want to hurt you, but now, hehe, you have also seen it, and we may have to borrow your head later!" ”
"No, don't, we give money, can't we give more money!" Wang Gongzi was so frightened that his face was as pale as earth, and he no longer had the demeanor of the past.
"I, I, I'll go up and tell them to retreat, yes, I'll tell them to retreat, they don't dare not retreat, otherwise my father will kill them!" Gu Gongzi trembled and said to the Diamond Mountain Leopard.
"Well, whether you can survive or not depends on your appearance! Go, go. As he spoke, the leopard lifted the two of them up to the wall.
"Listen to the officers and soldiers below, I am the big boss of Lianyun Mountain, and the two next to me are the two sons of the Gu family of the Fuzhou Wang family, you should know their weight, and those who know each other should retreat quickly, otherwise they will ---"
"Ah~" A miserable scream, a minion next to him killed an ordinary person and threw it down the wall, and a handful of blood splashed on the face of the prince of the Wang family, so frightened that he was so scared that he was urinated and feces.
"Retire the army, quickly retreat from the army, you guys, if you don't retreat, I will let my father destroy your whole family, hurry up and retreat!" The blood-covered prince roared loudly, matching his expression, like a demon.
Geng Jingzhong looked at this scene, and was really angry Qiqi smoked, gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat!" ”。
Hearing the order, all the soldiers slowly retreated down the mountain with unwilling faces.
"Haha, the big boss, the dog officers and soldiers have retired, the big boss is really wise!" "yes, yes! What a wise man to be a big boss! Several small leaders on the cottage immediately patted the horse ass of the Diamond Mountain Leopard, and the Diamond Mountain Leopard was also full of smiles: "Hahaha, we have hostages in our hands, and they can't help but stop!" These hostages, the little ones are guarding here, and they are serving them with good wine and meat! ”